Ki Young Eum, Jangho Yun, Kiwon Lee and Jung Hwan Kim
International Journal of Railway, vol. 6, no. 2, pp.64-68, 2013

Abstract : In recent years, the speed of a train has been recognized as one of the important factors to determine the competitiveness as a mean of transportation. In line with this, infrastructure improvements and enhancements are being made with increases in the speed of train. Accordingly, there is a need to establish plans for infrastructure improvements through a comprehensive analysis of signals, track/civil engineering, catenary and environment, etc. to improve the speed of a train of high-speed train service sections in Korea. This study proposes improvement plans for catenary systems by investigating the possibility of improvements through performance analysis of catenary equipment by speed increase based on the analysis on catenary systems in Gyeongbu high-speed line, and analysis the applicability of catenary improvements and economic feasibility.

Keyword : Catenary, Economic feasibility, Infrastructure, Gyeongbu high-speed Line